Understood Betsy: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Understood Betsy, credited to Dorothy Canfield Fisher, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Understood Betsy, by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. Read by Lee Ann Howlett. Understood Betsy is a 1916 novel for children by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. The story tells of Elizabeth Ann, a 9-year-old orphan who goes from a sheltered existence with her father's aunt Harriet and cousin Frances in the city, to living on a Vermont farm with her mother's family, the Putneys, whose child-rearing practices had always seemed suspect to Harriet and her daughter. In her new rural life, Elizabeth Ann comes to be nicknamed "Betsy," and to find that many activities that Frances had always thought too demanding for a little girl are considered, by the Putney family, ordinary expectations for a child: walking to school alone, cooking, and having household duties to perform. The child thrives in her new environment, learning to make butter, boil maple syrup, and tend the animals. When Frances announces she is to be married and has come to "save" Elizabeth Ann from the dreaded Putney cousins, she is amazed to discover that the little girl is quite content to stay. The story ends after Frances has returned home, with Betsy, her aunt Abigail, uncle Henry, and cousin Ann sitting quietly and happily around the fireplace enjoying the knowledge they will now be a family for good. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Understood Betsy
• Author credits: Dorothy Canfield Fisher
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 11
• Listed recording duration: 4:36:02

Catalogue topics

• dorothy
• canfield
• fisher
• publicdomain
• audio book
• betsy
• understood

Track guide

1. 01 - Aunt Harriet Has a Cough — 26:38
2. 02 - Betsy Holds the Reins — 25:27
3. 03 - A Short Morning — 22:37
4. 04 - Betsy Goes to School — 15:57
5. 05 - What Grade is Betsy? — 20:52
6. 06 - If You Don't Like Conversation in a Book Skip this Chapter! — 26:13
7. 07 - Elizabeth Ann Fails in an Examination — 24:42
8. 08 - Betsy Starts a Sewing Society — 25:35
9. 09 - The New Clothes Fail — 16:12
10. 10 - Betsy Has a Birthday — 33:12
11. 11 - ''Understood Aunt Frances'' — 38:43

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